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High Alert: Villagers living in fear of explosives

A section of Kagoto quarry in Bahati, Nakuru County on Wednesday. Some houses near the quarries have developed cracks. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Koigi wa Wamwere works in his radio station at Engashura area, a few kilometres north of Nakuru town, but it feels like he is in a war zone.?

This is because Mr Koigi, a veteran politician, lives near two stone quarries where daily mining explosions reverberate through his floor, rattle walls and scramble his brains.?

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